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Yes, I remember how as a kid I suffered with the second hand smoke, in the car and in the house. And even as a very young child, I KNEW i was being poisoned by it. Luckily, our house wasn't so small, and I had my own bedroom, so I could get away from the most direct exposure. But in the car, no such luck....
About the small houses - when I visited SLC, I was struck by how small all the older houses were. Tiny 2, maybe 3 bedroom bungalows. And the Mormon families routinely raised a dozen kids in these tiny houses! I don't know how they did it. They probably had a boys' room and a girls' room, and had 4 or more kids sleeping in each of those tiny bedrooms, I guess in multiple bunk beds. Probably put kids in the basements, too. And if the families weren't Mormon with a dozen kids, they were Catholic with a dozen kids, all stuffed into those tiny bungalows. One story with a small living room, small kitchen, one small bathroom, and two or three small bedrooms. That was it, for maybe 14 people!
When I had my 3rd child, I went shopping for a 4 bedroom house, knowing that the kids would each want their privacy eventually. Because I grew up with my own bedroom, I knew how important it was for a teenager to have privacy - and I wanted that for my own, too. Luckily I could afford it for them.
I wonder if those of us 60 and older will become the last generation to have so much cancer from second hand smoke?
Interestingly, my Dad smoked for 50 years, quit at 66, and lived on to 96, and miraculously, he never suffered any respiratory problems, never needed an inhaler. Miracles of Miracles! And? My mother breathed in all that smoke for 50 years and she died with no respiratory problems at all. Same with the grandmother who made it to 102, as grandfather smoked right up until he died at 89. But, yes, there are those with a predisposition to respiratory problems.
It's amazing how we never considered it unhealthy back then. But then, back in the 50's, even Doctors were saying it wasn't harmful, smoking.
What's surprising is there wasn't more assaults as a result of being cooped in such small areas, or even murders, particularly during a cold winter.
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I wonder if those of us 60 and older will become the last generation to have so much cancer from second hand smoke?
Expect something else to get you...
Have had more than a few non-smoker friends die of lung cancer (they didn't have exposure to second hand smoke) Radon? Work env. , pollution? (in Colorado?) yup - brown cloud most days on Front Range. Uranium content in soil is very high in CO and NM. High altitude = more exposure to skin / sun/ ...
Have had more than a few non-smoker friends die of lung cancer (they didn't have exposure to second hand smoke) Radon? Work env. , pollution? (in Colorado?) yup - brown cloud most days on Front Range. Uranium content in soil is very high in CO and NM. High altitude = more exposure to skin / sun/ ...
I remember that stink from the coal furnace more than the cigarettes...………….
I had the amazing good luck to survive so many foolish mistakes, I'd never want to take my chances trying it over again.
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My husband grew up with no AC in Miami, FL. My parents always had it but I can't imagine growing up in South Florida with no AC.
In those days, houses and buildings were designed for the weather. Now, they build an AC and set a Chicago house down on top of it. I lived in Louisiana in the pre-AC 50s and it was fine.
Have had more than a few non-smoker friends die of lung cancer (they didn't have exposure to second hand smoke) Radon? Work env. , pollution? (in Colorado?) yup - brown cloud most days on Front Range. Uranium content in soil is very high in CO and NM. High altitude = more exposure to skin / sun/ ...
Did your friends live in the L.A. area during the 60's-70's-80's? During that period, breathing in all that smog was the equivalent of smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day. Yes, even school children were "smoking 2 packs of cigarettes" a day! Exposure to dust can do it as well.
During the nastiest days in Pittsburgh, the smoke from coal, you couldn't even open a window!
Juxtapose THIS: I'm watching this rural India story about people drinking contaminated water in the same draw area as their excrement goes, they barely own anything other than the cloths on their backs, all are uneducated especially the women, BUT
EVERYONE HAS A CELL PHONE. Whaaaaaaaa???
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Gosh, never realized
High altitude = more exposure to skin / sun/ ...
